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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hobbes define a pact or covenant?
(a) when something is sold or traded
(b) when something is transferred or traded for future payment
(c) when money changes hands
(d) when any promise is made

2. When many people first get together, what are they called?
(a) A mob
(b) A hodge podge
(c) A multitude
(d) A gaggle

3. How does Hobbes classify a person who speaks for himself?
(a) As a diplomat
(b) As a boaster
(c) As a politician
(d) As an author

4. What is Hobbes' idea about self-protection in natural law?
(a) In nature, every person has the right to protect his own life.
(b) With people it is not necessary.
(c) Humans have a right to preemptive strikes.
(d) It is not natural to protect oneself, it should be done by the commonwealth.

5. What does Hobbes say leads to competition among people?
(a) different interests
(b) religion
(c) restless desire
(d) different abilities

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hobbes say that people attribute the unknown to ghosts, spirits, or other things that can never exist?

2. Who does Hobbes insist is of the greatest value to a commonwealth?

3. What does Hobbes call reasoning with oneself?

4. What results are there when an actor makes a contract?

5. Why does Hobbes insist that the commonwealth is born out of human politics?

(see the answer key)

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